Waidhofen an der Ybbs

Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Statutory city
Mayor	Wolfgang Mair (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area	131.52 km2 (50.8 sq mi)
Elevation	356 m  (1168 ft)
Population	11,817  (31 December 2005)
- Density	90 /km² (233 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WY
Postal code	3340
Area code	07442
Website	www.waidhofen.at Coordinates: 47°58′00″N 14°46′00″E / 47.9666667°N 14.7666667°E / 47.9666667; 14.7666667

Waidhofen an der Ybbs is an independent city (Statutarstadt) in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city had a population of 11,662 (in 131,52 km²) as of the 2001 census. It was first mentioned in 1186 and has been the economic centre of the Ybbstal valley since the 14th century.

People

• Ulrich Küchl, lived here (de)
• Rainer Küchl
• Alexander Lernet-Holenia, lived here

John Irving

The American novelist John Irving chose Waidhofen an der Ybbs and Vienna as the main settings of his early novel Setting Free the Bears.

Twin cities

• Tuttlingen, Germany
• Bischofszell, Switzerland

External links

• Waidhofen an der Ybbs homepage

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